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JOSEPH BARLOW, OF WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

METAL-LINED WOODEN BARREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'ltent No. 235,980, dated December28, 1880,

' l. Application filed Septeinber 3, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J osnPH L. BARLow, ofWilmington, in the county of New Hanover and State of North Carolina,have invented certain Improvements in Metal-Lined Wooden Barrels, ot'which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvemcntsin the construction ofmetal-lined wooden barrels, whereby they are rendered perfectly air,spirit, and vapor tight, as will loe` hereinafter more fully described,and' set forth in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section of abarrel. Fig. 2 is a section of the bung and holder. Fig. 3 is a bottoniView, and Fig. 4 a top view, ot' the bung and holder. Fig. 5 representsthe lap in section.

A A represent the staves of a wooden barrel; B B', two sections of themetal lining. O is a wooden head. D is a metal bung. E is thebung-holder. Fisacovering metal plate.

In the construction of a barrel the metal lining t t t, 85o., is rstmade complete (alljoints being' double locked and soldered inside andoutside) in the two halves or sections B B', which are then joinedtogether by the doublelocked jointjj, Fig. 5. (Shown in section.) Around hole, h 7L, having been left open in the end of one ofthesections, B', the wooden barrel Ais now built over the metal lining. Thehead C is left out to give access to the handhole h IL. The bung-hole,of suitable size to receive the bung-holder E, is then bored down to themetal lining t t, which is easily cut through by placing inside andunderneath a leaden hacker, introduced through the handhole h h,`and bythe use of mallet and chisel or any other suitable cutter. The bung-holder E is then introduced through the hand-hole h 7L, and screwedfirmly up into the bung-hole by means of a wrench, or otherwise7 workedeither inside or outside, iitting into slots c c,

' either round or trenched, of sufficient depth,

or fitting over short pins in place of round holes, the shoulders g gpressing the metallining t t closely to the wood of the barrel A. Aheavy floating joint of solder, s s, is then made around the shouldergg, connecting it with the metal lining t t. The hand-hole It h is nowclosed up with the somewhat larger circular metal plate F, secured tothe lining t t by a floating solder joint. In the wooden head O, whichcovers the metal plate F over the handhole 7L h, is a similar but largerhand-hole, for L removing the metal cover F in the metal barrel orlining for the purpose of making repairs inside of it, when necessary,or for any other purpose, without removing the hoops or otherwiseinjuring the wooden barrel. The circular hole in the wooden head is thenclosed up with a circular piece ot wood, c', which fits it, and isfastened by straps of metal across the head or by any other suitablemeans, the wooden head O having previously been putin its place and thehoops i i properly set up. The washer chof lead, leather, rubber, or anyother suitable material, is now put in place, and the metal bung D isthen screwed down tightly upon the washer c. The bung-holder E has anoutside screw-thread, x, whereby it is secured to the wooden barrel, andalso an inside screw thread, m, into which the screw-plug n of the bungD is secured, there being a space, t', between the end of bung-holder Eand the shoulder of bung D, which is filled by the washer c, abovereferred to. All the space t' that exists between the lnetal lining t tand the wooden staves is then filled with any suitable material, eitherliquid, (hot or cold,) powdered, or in any other form, through holes cta, bored in either or all of the staves, and through both headsin thewooden barrel, either before or after the completion of the barrel, orinany other way by which' the said space can be filled in the holes to beafterward plugged up for the purpose of making the barrel .more compactand solid. The result will be an airtight, spirit and vapor tightmetal-lined wooden barrel. The purpose is to use a material orcomposition that will lill the space, and not to add anymore Weight tothe'barrel than can be avoided. Among the many which may be used arepine-pitch, brewers pitch, rosin, flour paste, plaster-of-paris,coal-tar, asphaltum, &c. The lightest which can be procured in thelocalities where the material contained in the barrel may bemanufactured or distilled is to be used.

Among the many advantages secured by this improvement are assuranceagainst loss by leakage or evaporation, so that spirits of turpentineand other volatile liquids can be held in the market, like cotton andother sta- 1 op .n

ples, for any length of time wthoutloss; also, avoiding theinconvenience and much of the langer of tire from such leakage andevaporation in ships carrying such liquids in the ordinary barrels also,avoidin g the great expense in the ordinary method of gluing and itscost. Second-hand barrels with these improvements will be nearly asvaluable as new ones. These improvements can be applied to any Well-madebarrels in good preservation. For these and other obvious reasons it isbelieved that a great saving to the trade will result from the use ofthese improvements.

I claim- The metal lining of a barrel made in two 15 sections, having ahand-hole in one section covered by a soldered plate, in combinationwith a wooden barrel having a hand-hole in one head and a cover secured,all substantially as and for the purpose described.

JOSEPH L. BARLOW.

Witnesses J. K. BROWNE, TRIPLER CHILD.

